Sujet
Magic lantern slide circa 1900
Légende
Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian. World war one images. An Incendiary device dropped from a Zeppelin.The first incendiary devices to be dropped during World War I fell on coastal towns in the south west of England on the night of 18–19 January 1915. The small number of German bombs, also known as firebombs, were finned containers filled with kerosene and oil and wrapped with tar-covered rope. They were dropped from Zeppelin airships. On 8 September 1915, Zeppelin L-13 dropped a large number of firebombs, but even then the results were poor and they were generally ineffective in terms of the damage inflicted. They did, however, have a considerable effect on the morale of the civilian population of the United Kingdom.[1]
Date
20e siècle
Crédit
Photo12/UIG/Design Pics/John Short
Notre référence
UMG20B22_446
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
59,5Mo (3,6Mo) / 33,9cm x 44,0cm / 4001 x 5200 (300dpi)